Improvement in pumps



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THOMASMETZLER, OF WOO,STEILfOI-IIO.

Lette/rs Patent No. 96,136, dated October 26, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN PUMPS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of tne saine.

To all lwhom it 'may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS METZLER, of Wooster, in the county of Wayne, and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Pumps; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thexeof, which will enable othels skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates toY improvements in pumps designed to provide a simple and efficient arrangement of the same for elevating water from wells, cisterns, Snc.

It consists in an arrangement of means for operating a collapsing-bulb pump when suspended in or near the water of a well or cistern to-protect it from frost, as hereinafter more fully specified.

The drawing represents. a perspective view of my improvement.

A represents a pump, consisting of a collapsingbulb, provided with valves, not shown in the drawings,

and such as now commonly used.

B represents the suction-pipe, and

C, the discharge-pipe.

I suspend this pump on a platform, C', in the well, preferablynear the water, to prevent freezing, andon the said plat-form, or in any preferred manner, I ar` range a pair of squeezers, 1), to act on the bulb, for compressing it. In this instance, the squeezersD are arranged on each side of the bulb, hinged at the bottom, and provided with bent arms, E, connected, by links,

F, to the working-rod G, which is carried' to the top of the wel],land arranged to be operated by a level' or other suitable means, to give it vertically-reciprocating motion.

The elevation of the rod will draw the squeezers together, compressing the bulb, and forcing the water up through` the pipe C.

The opposite movement allows the bulb to expand,

and draw the water into it from below.

I propose to support a platform, 1:1', on suitable bars or braces, IY K, rising up from the lower platform C', whereon the pump and sqneezers are placed; which said platform H serves for supporting the rod G and pipe, and connects the whole together in a port-able apparat-ns conveniently arranged to be set into'a well or cistern, with the said platform H at the top for closing the mouth of the well or ciste-rn, andl for the, operator to stand on while pumping;

Having thus described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-- 1. The combination, with the pump A, of the squeezers D, arranged for operation substantially as specified.' l

2. The platforms C and H, connected by braces or supports I K, and combined with the pump and'opmating-devices, substantially as specified.

THOMAS METZLER.

fitnessesz WILLIAM BIGHAM, R. A. LOGAN. 

